Zhengzhou Jianye Football Town Tourist Center
Designed by SHUISHI, Jianye Football Town, a town of sports aesthetics in the Cherry Valley Scenic Area, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, integrate into it the natural scenery, sports, recreation, and culture. According to the construction plan of the football town, a Jianye Football Town Tourist Center of about 3000m2 will be built at the main entrance to the football town on the platform southwest of Houzhang Highway. It will be the reception and exhibition space for the whole football town in the future.
Photography: Yijie Hu
The tourist center lies at the entrance and represents the image of the football town, and the owner, Jianye Group, naturally hopes that it is unique, eye-catching and unforgettable. The difficulty in the design lies in how the architect can design an original building that blends perfectly with the local environment.
The inspiration of the architectural design comes from the wind-accumulated landform of the local loess gullies, and an array of high and low walls, like continuous hills growing out of the loess platform, extend to the incoming tourists. The low-profile design that mingles with the environment expresses respect for the place; however, the unified motif vocabulary presents the momentum and integrity of the architectural complex and achieves a strong visual impact and shock.
Photography: Yijie Hu
The entire building is free of columns, and box shear walls are used as the main load-bearing structur...